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Baseball teams at all levels are investing heavily in analytics – because it leads to winning! Learn the skills teams are looking for in our 8-week online course taught by baseball analytics pioneer Ari Kaplan.

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DATE
June3

Weekly Live Audio Chats
with Ari Kaplan

Class size limited to 20 Students

8 week online course

Access to the SMWW Network

Resume Enhancement

Career Advice for
Years to Come

What You Can Expect from our Baseball Analytics Course

The average salary of a major league baseball player rose to $4.4 million per year in 2016, which means MLB teams average $132 million in salary for just the 25 players on their active roster. It is no wonder teams are investing heavily in analytics, they need to ensure their millions are being well spent.

The importance of baseball analytics continues to increase, and there are no signs of it slowing down. The curriculum for this course is specific to baseball and includes:

Week One: Role of Analytics and the Analyst in Baseball

Week Two: Introduction to Scoutables Solutions Used by MLB Teams

Week Three: Statistics Overview, Common and Advanced

Week Four: How to Utilize Trusted Vendors Data

Week Five: How to Analyze Data in-depth

Week Six: Arbitration, Forecasting, and Defense

Week Seven: Advanced Scouting and in-game Preparation

Week Eight: Software Development for Downloading and Interpreting Data

In addition to the weekly live audio chats with baseball analytics expert Ari Kaplan, students will receive text books, a headset and a microphone for the course. The online Baseball Analytics Course includes access to cutting edge revolutionary software and data.

Sports Jobs This Course Will Prepare You For

The world of baseball analytics is relatively new, so you are probably wondering what this educational opportunity can do for your sports career. Well, we have your answer. Taking this course will prepare you for sports careers like these:

Baseball Research and Development

Baseball Operations Assistant

Baseball Analyst

Baseball Blogger

Sports Journalist

Baseball Information Systems

Data Scientist

Research Analyst

Sabermetrician

Baseball Analyst

Meet Your Course Mentor:

Ari Kaplan

In the live interactive weekly audio chats you will get to know Ari Kaplan. Ari is a leading figure in sports analytics, having worked with over half of all MLB organizations and many global sports media organizations during his 27 seasons in baseball. He received Caltech's "Alumni of the Decade" distinction for pioneering groundbreaking sabermetrics used to evaluate pitcher talent.

Kaplan has received great recognition for his work in baseball analytics, Sports Illustrated named Ari "Top Ten General Manager Candidate" and Crain's Chicago Business Journal included him in their annual "40 Under 40" cover story.

Kaplan is founder of Scoutables with Fred Claire, the former World Champion Dodgers GM. Scoutables has provided advance scouting and analytics to broadcast and online media and over half of all MLB organizations. In 2010, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts brought in to Kaplan to create and lead the organization's analytics department. During his tenure Kaplan led the in-house analytical and technical transformation. Taking this course will be similar to sitting in his office for one hour every week. An opportunity of a lifetime for baseball sabermetricians.

Ari is one of the few long-term baseball leaders with a proven track record at Fortune 500 companies, as well as successfully running several high-profile organizations as CEO or President. On the media front, Ari co-authored five best-selling books on analytics, databases, and baseball. Ari's work has been profiled on CNN, Chris Matthews, and the Today Show and one of his high-profile analytics projects was turned into a documentary on the History Channel.

Occasional Guest Speaker

Dan Evans has been in professional baseball for over three decades, holding key decision making roles with five MLB franchises, including three years as the Los Angeles Dodgers Executive Vice President and General Manager. Evans’ career began as an intern with the Chicago White Sox, where he worked his way up from the bottom and eventually became their Assistant General Manager/Director of Baseball Operations.

Evans brings a unique perspective to the Baseball Analytics course, having been a SABR member since the beginning of his career, and an original board member of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation.

He also has worked as a broadcast analyst for MLB games, authors a column for Baseball Prospectus and is an original member of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation. In addition to teaching the Baseball General Manager and Scouting course, and assisting with the Baseball Analytics course, Evans also evaluates talent for the Toronto Blue Jays, overseeing their entire Pacific Rim operations.

Why Baseball Analytics Isn’t a Passing Fad

750 players start each baseball season on an active MLB roster, but the process of evaluating those players begins well before Spring Training.

Major League teams invest heavily in analytics, the cutting edge method of using data to help determine the true value of a player, in order to ensure their money is being spent properly. But player evaluation isn’t the only application for analytics, teams at all levels use statistical analysis to help establish an organizational philosophy, scout opponents, prepare for contract negotiations and much more.

Analytics has found its way into every aspect of baseball operations – the applications are truly endless.

At SMWW, we’ll teach you the skills you need to have a career in baseball analytics!

Our Baseball Analytics course is taught by one of the founding fathers of sports analytics, Ari Kaplan. Kaplan is responsible for developing the Chicago Cubs analytics department and founded Scoutables, an advanced scouting and baseball analytics platform used by over half of MLB teams and by many in the broadcast and digital media.

Unlike most online classes, we focus our program on audio chats directly with your course mentor, which allows you the opportunity to build personal relationships and rapport with Ari Kaplan. After completing our Baseball Analytics course, we will help you redesign your resume to highlight your new skills and include that you have been taught first-hand by Ari Kaplan. Now that is powerful!

Baseball analytics is a rapidly growing sector of the sports industry, the time is now to learn the skills that teams need.

Why You Should Take Our Baseball Analytics Course:

While baseball analytics gained mainstream notoriety with the book and subsequent movie, Moneyball, the truth is, sports analytics as a whole are still in their infancy.

"More and more teams, collegiate and professional, are developing and expanding their in house analytic staff,” explains Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, President and Founder of SMWW. “For example, there are 302 NCAA Division One Baseball teams. Of those 302 teams, about ten has someone on staff who does Baseball Analytics. Our research shows, that most all teams will employee at least one analyst in the very near future."

When Baseball Analytics course mentor Ari Kaplan was charged with leading the Cubs analytics department, his work wasn’t just in player evaluation, his tasks included roster strategy, forecasting, advance scouting, player/coach game preparation, Minor League player development, MLB draft analysis, international arbitration, financial modeling, budgeting, marketing and community outreach.

That is the scope of analytics. Are you getting excited yet?

The field of baseball analytics is growing rapidly, and no one can teach you with as much depth and experience as SMWW and Ari Kaplan. This is your chance to get in the ground floor of this expanding segment of the sports industry.

As part of this course, Ari Kaplan will teach you:

Sabermetrics

Roles of Analytics in MLB

A day in the life of an Analyst

Standard and advanced baseball statistics

Arbitration

Data-driven Advanced Scouting and in-game preparation

How to capture & analyze data and video content

Various baseball analytics software options

Statistical solutions used in the MLB

Our ability to generate stats has gotten way ahead of our ability to make any sense of it… It's going to take a lot of work by people like Ari Kaplan before we understand what all this means.- Bill James, father of Sabermetrics

Course Start Dates

Due to the nature of this course, class size is limited to only 20 students and this course will be only offered twice a year.

Don’t miss your chance to register for this special opportunity!

Scoutables Certificate & Resume Reference

Successful graduates of the SMWW Baseball Analytics Course will be sent a SMWW Certificate of Accomplishment.

This "Scoutables Certificate" represents not only your achievements in the course but also demonstrates your personal commitment to self-improvement and ability to "self-train" yourself for higher positions within the baseball industry.

In addition to your certificate, you will be given the stamp of approval by SMWW. This approval includes a personal reference you may add to your resume with contact information for Dr. Lynn Lashbrook & Ari Kaplan.

Resume Redesign Service

Acquiring the skills necessary for your dream sports career is only part of the employment story. Even with the required skill set you still have to market yourself properly in order to attract the attention of sports industry employers.

At SMWW, we’ll teach you the skills you need to thrive AND help you redesign your resume for optimal impact in the sports industry. We’ll help you craft a resume to highlight your new skills in Baseball Analytics, include a reference from Ari Kaplan and optimize it to reach hiring managers searching online.

We want you to be the next SMWW success story and we go to great lengths to help you get there!

Course Details

Weekly Audio Chats: A unique aspect of each 8-week course is the opportunity for students to participate in 8 weekly live interactive audio chats with world renowned statistician Ari Kaplan, fellow students, former LA Dodger GM Dan Evans, Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and renowned guest speakers. This is a tremendous opportunity to network within professional baseball via the internet. This is available via any online computer. Headset and microphone are included in your course materials. Live audio chats are recorded and archived so students can listen live or at their convenience.

Online Education: This innovative academic course is facilitated through a web-based educational delivery system. You will enjoy the online discussion boards, weekly readings, weekly quizzes, course projects, and interaction amongst fellow baseball business-minded students and faculty. All course materials and textbooks are included in the course fee.

Global Participation: SMWW students participate from over 140 countries. Courses have a international influence and instructors will cater assignments to specific countries or leagues. Countries with economic challenges are eligible for economic discounts.

Earn College Credit: Most participants are not college students. Most participants are working full time in a variety of careers including many in sports from all over the world. (Many wish they had taken this course in college!) For those of you who are in college and would like transferable credits to your school, two-three hours of college credit is available. Click here for more information.

Military Discount: For those individuals who represent their country in military service we offer a discount. Please contact info@smww.com if you are active, reserve, or a retired member of your countries military system. Thank you for serving your country! (Please include what country and specific part of the military.)For more information on the Military Discount please Click Here

Tax Write Off (For USA Citizens): SMWW course tuition, books and supplies can be used for education tax credits. Save your receipts and consult with your tax advisor on how this applies to you.

MLB Winter Meetings Conference: All SMWW students are encouraged to attend the yearly SMWW Winter Baseball Meetings Conference. All SMWW Students receive a huge discount to attend. This is an incredible opportunity to network with fellow students, baseball executives, and SMWW faculty within the industry.

Payment plans available (as little as $495 a month).
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Academic Credit - Undergraduate

Warner Pacific University, (WP), is a liberal arts college located in Portland, Oregon, USA and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. WP offers a separate Credit Overlay Program for Sports Management Worldwide's courses. Students interested in obtaining college credit for Sports Management Worldwide courses may do so after completion of each course.

Testimonials:

Kyle Saathoff

I'm very proud to announce that I have formally accepted a Video Scout position with Baseball Info Solutions that I will be starting in March. Not going to lie, it's been a long year filled with a lot of doubt of whether I could even get a job baseball after a lot of rejection but I finally turned a dream that I had in high school into reality. Thank you to everyone who believed that I could make this happen even when I had my doubts. Also, a huge thank you to my mentors at Sports Management Worldwide Dan Evans and Ari Kaplan. I gained so much information from them and their guidance put me in position to make this happen. I'm excited to see where this takes me and I can't wait to get started!

David Yamin

I'm a student in Ari Kaplan's Baseball Analytics Class. We're about halfway through the course and I've already landed my first job in baseball! I logged into the course page last Sunday to post an assignment and I saw a message to all students from SMWW that the Tampa Bay Rays were hiring TrackMan and Pitch f/x Operators for their minor league affiliates. I quickly revised my resume to feature the course description that SMWW provided and applied for the job via TeamWork Online. The very next day I was hired by the Rays Baseball Operations Department to help run TrackMan for one of their minor league clubs that is local to me! They said my resume really stood out, and I attribute most of that to having the SMWW Baseball Analytics course description front and center. So I'd like to say 'thank you' to the whole SMWW crew and I look forward to continuing to study and learn with you. With this new job, my investment has already more than paid for itself. Thanks again, David Yamin

Carl Moesche

Boston Red Sox

As a longtime traditional baseball scout, I opted to expand my overall knowledge in baseball operations by taking the Baseball Analytics Course thru SMWW. This comprehensive program, directed by Dr. Lashbrook along with the teachings of well known statistical expert Ari Kaplan, provided an excellent foundation to allow for exploration of both sides of player evaluations. Certainly, the knowledge I gained in this course played an invaluable role in my acceptance of my latest baseball appointment

Daichi Takasue

Superb course! Ari was generous with his time and effort. His lectures were organized and easy to follow. He broke-down hard to understand material and made it easy to comprehend. I would absolutely take another SMWW course!

Joe Engel

TrackMan

I had no idea what to expect when I started this course. I thought that if I were to learn at least one thing about baseball it would be worth it. I ended up learning so much more than expected. That has everything to do with the great teachers SMWW was able to get to teach the courses. All of them are willing to help you in you start your career in baseball if you show the work ethic and passion for the game.

Kyle Stephany

Video Scout for Baseball Info Solutions

The course was great, I especially liked listening to Ari's web chats as he went through his display model, spread sheets, and all the tools he provided for us through AriBall. I'm planning on going to the Baseball Winter Meetings so I can spend some time with Ari Kaplan, Dan Evans, Larry D'Amato, and Dr. Lashbrook - I love what they've done with Sport Management Worldwide!

Blake Fosse

Sales Executive for Midland RockHounds

The Baseball Analytics Course was amazing and also fun. I was able to learn a great deal and really enjoyed listening to Ari Kaplan. Great person and great instructor.

Ty Eckert

SMWW will provide you with the tools needed to be successful in your sports career. I have taken Baseball GM and Scouting and Baseball Analytics and would recommend both of them. Dan Evans, Larry D'Amato, and Ari Kaplan are great mentors!

Paul Ryan

Philadelphia Phillies Scout

Thanks to Dan Evans, Larry D'Amato and Ari Kaplan and the SMWW Staff, I was able to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies, as an Associate Scout. The staff and classes are truly beneficial and helpful, to obtaining a position with an MLB team. Thank You!